Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
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Relief as opposition parties move to restore information rights
Laws weakening freedom of information (FoI) rights in Scotland look set to be repealed after just a few weeks because
Claim that UK is meeting its Covid-19 testing target is Mostly False
The UK government’s testing targets for Covid-19 have come under scrutiny ever since they were announced at the beginning
Call for probe after man found dead in Covid-19 asylum seeker hotel
Refugee activists have called for an independent inquiry into the decision to move asylum seekers from their flats in Glasgow
Covid-19 planning laws ‘captured’ by property developers
Rule changes during the Covid-19 pandemic favour property developers and risk shutting the public out from the planning system, according
Claim that the first person to receive the Covid-19 trial vaccine has died is False
News reports and a number of social media posts claimed that the first person to participate in the Oxford University
Scottish NHS charities get £525,000 boost from ‘amazing’ covid-19 appeal
More than half a million pounds has been donated to Scottish NHS charities to help them respond to the Covid-19
Supermarket slammed as rural communities hit by weeks of food shortages
The Co-operative supermarket has been urged “to sort itself out” after a month of failing to adequately stock some stores
Asylum seekers’ lives ‘put at risk’ by decision to move them to hotels
Hundreds of asylum seekers claim their lives are being put at risk after they were moved out of their flats
Shellfish businesses offered funding to cope with coronavirus crisis
Shellfish businesses across Scotland have been offered emergency financial help by ministers on the eve of a report by The
Birds of prey ‘in danger’ during coronavirus lockdown
Thousands of sites used by birds of prey will go unmonitored for the first time in almost two decades due
Bank increases bet that Irn-Bru maker AG Barr will fail
A Swiss private bank has upped its multi-million pound bet on Irn-Bru maker AG Barr to fail during the coronavirus
Scottish cities see ‘much larger’ Covid-19 lockdown effects
The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on Scottish cities has been larger than similar sized places across the UK, according